Emergency summons order? Lift vacation? Return to Beifan Institute immediately?
The sudden and dense amount of information stunned Qingden for a moment.
After the confusion of the moment faded away, Qingden immediately nodded vigorously as if subconsciously: "I understand, I will go back to Beifansuo now."
The conversation between Ayoto and this young man was completely heard by Nagakura, Saito and others next to him.
Although they didn't quite understand what an "emergency summons order" was, when they learned that people who were on vacation were asked to immediately cancel their vacation and return to the station, they all instinctively felt: something must have happened!
Harada, who had just asked Aonto in a joking tone, "When will the big mission come?" He blinked hard several times and laughed dryly:
"It's not really a big mission..."
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Quickly settling the bill for the sushi meal, Aoto led Saito and others and the young man who came to deliver the order hurriedly to the Kokubansuo.
On the way back to Beifansuo, the young man explained to Qingteng how he found Qingteng.
He first went to Qingdeng's current residence: the Trial Guard Hall.
According to the young man's description, the person who went out to entertain him at that time was Okita.
After learning from Okita that Aoto was not at home now, but had gone to Senshiya in Morning Glory Town, he rushed to Senshiya, but when he arrived at Senshiya, he passed by Aotobu again.
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I had no choice but to ask again if I knew where Qingdeng had gone.
Boss Kiryu and Mai Kinoshita, who only knew that Aonto apparently wanted to treat Nagakura and others to a sushi dinner, could only tell this only piece of information to the young people.
So, relying on this only piece of information, the young man kept asking passers-by "Have you seen a very tall young man?" and at the same time, he ran around various sushi restaurants, looking for Aomori...
Fortunately, Qingdeng's tall height of 1.75 meters is quite a prominent appearance feature in this era.
The young man was very lucky to ask a passerby who happened to pass Qingdeng on the street and was not good at giving directions, and finally succeeded in finding Qingdeng.
The young man suffered so much just to find him. Feeling a little sorry, Qingden took out some copper coins and gave them to the young man, asking the young man to go to the tea house to drink some good tea or sweet water.
The young man accepted Qingdeng's reward with a smile.
After hurriedly walking, the shadow of Beifansuo finally appeared within the sight of Qingto and others.
"Tachibana-sama, Hsui-sama has ordered: As soon as you arrive at Beifansuo, rush to his office!" the young man reminded.
Qingden nodded vigorously.
After asking Nagakura and others to wait outside the execution office, he rushed straight into the northern branch office and rushed to Hsui's office.
When I opened the door of Bojing's office, the first thing that hit my face was the strong smell of sweat.
As the temperature rises, the air in Beifansuo gradually has to smell better.
The strength and unity of the "Three Chapters", whether you have a day off today or not, are all here.
"Ah, Tachibana!" Inotani, who was sitting in a corner of the room with Arima and Ushiyama, waved his hand vigorously to Aoto, "This way, this way!"
Qingdeng walked to the seniors in three steps and sat down next to them.
"Tachibana, you've caught up." Inotani smiled, "If you don't come, I will start the meeting without you."
"Arima-sama, Mr. Inotani, Mr. Ushiyama, what happened?" Qingto asked, "Why did you suddenly summon us?"
"I don't know either." Inotani shrugged, "I am also confused now. Arima-sama seems to know what happened, but Arima-sama refuses to say anything."
"It's not that I don't want to talk," Arima said in a deep voice, "I just think that when the meeting starts, you will know what exactly happened, so I don't think there is any need to do more."
Qingdeng looked at the expressions of the other people in the room - Tongxin basically had a confused look on his face, and Li Ze had a solemn look on his face... Dongcheng was the only exception.
Dongcheng sat down with a calm expression on his face, grabbing his huge belly with his left hand. After grabbing the belly, he raised his left hand, wiped his oily face, and then inserted the little finger of his left hand into his nostril...
Since Arima said that he would know exactly what happened when the meeting started, Aoto could only wait quietly.
Because Qingden was late, he didn't wait too long before he saw Bojing enter the room with his fair and fat body.
Bo Jing pursed his lips tightly and walked to the top of the room without saying a word.
There was no greeting - he glanced at everyone in the room and after confirming that everyone was here, Booi directly started talking about why the "emergency summons order" was suddenly issued.
His first words cheered up everyone in the room.
"Just this morning, we received intelligence: The anti-barbarian group plans to attack Ryogoku Guangxiaoji tonight and rob Ryogoku Guangxiaoji's money!"
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This morning, an uninvited guest came to Beifansuo: a very young samurai.
This young samurai called himself Hirota Kozaburo, and he came to turn from darkness to light - he was a member of the anti-barbarian group. After learning that the anti-barbarian group was planning to launch an operation tonight, he felt that it was too cruel and ridiculous. After a while
After a painful mental struggle, he finally decided to carry out the atrocities that the anti-barbarian group planned to launch tonight.
In the towns and cities of the Edo period, in order to prevent fires, extremely wide streets were built at various important locations.
This kind of large road used for fire protection is called "Guangxiaolu".
Because the streets of Guangxiao Road are very wide, Guangxiao Road often develops into a commercial avenue with extremely developed businesses.
In Edo, there are 7 most famous and prosperous Hirokoji: Ryoko Hirokoji, Sujibashi Mikata Hirokoji, Asakusa Mikado Hirokoji, Eidaibashi Toshihirokoji, and Shin-ohashi Nishinogata Hirokoji.
, Nakabashi Hirokoji, Yokkaichi Hirokoji.
In terms of prosperity and liveliness, among the seven Guangxiaolu, Guangdong Guangxiaolu is the most popular.
On both sides of the street, there are rows of merchants, many of which are famous brands that have spread throughout the country.
A large number of street performers on the street show off their talents and perform various wonderful performances for passers-by.
To give an analogy... Ryogoku Hirokoji is the Champs Elysées in Edo.
In such a prosperous street, the merchants on the street naturally store huge amounts of money.
The anti-barbarian group planned to attack this commercial avenue tonight and rob the money from every merchant on Liangguangguang Xiaolu to use it as military expenditure for future anti-barbarian operations!
After hearing that the anti-barbarian group was planning to carry out such a crazy plan tonight, everyone in the room... including Qingdeng, couldn't help but feel chills standing on end.
To directly rob Ryogoku Hirokoji... is crazy!
But such a crazy plan is exactly like what these extremely radical "anti-foreigners" would do...
It was not until last night that Hirota Kozaburo learned about the crazy plan of the anti-barbarian group from a small leader in charge of him.
According to the little boss in charge of him, Guangtian was sent to participate in the "logistics" of this plan.
After the companions in charge of "frontline combat" successfully completed the task of looting Ryogoku Hirokoji, they, the "logistics" people, were responsible for transporting the money stolen from Ryogoku Hirokoji in batches.
Hirota, who was not as radical in his thinking as the rest of the group, felt that it was ridiculous to rob innocent people of their money to finance the military no matter how much he thought about it.
After a sleepless night and thinking hard all night, he finally decided to rush to the execution center at dawn to report the atrocities committed by the anti-barbarian group.
Hirota Kozaburo said that his rank in the anti-barbarian group was not high.
He didn't know anything about the fixed stronghold of the anti-barbarian group, the residence of important personnel... these high-value information.
Usually, when meetings are held under the orders of Kamino, the leader of the anti-barbarian group, they are not held in any fixed location.
The meeting place was either in a deserted wilderness or in an abandoned house where no one lived.
So, naturally, he didn't know any more details about this crazy plan.
I don’t know where the anti-barbarian group is going to gather the troops to attack Guangxiao Road in both countries. I don’t know how they are going to evacuate after the incident is completed. I don’t know the specific time of the attack...
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After listening to Bo Jing's statement quietly, the room fell into deathly silence.
Everyone looked at me with different emotions, you look at me, I look at you...
"...Sir." A certain colleague who had returned secretly broke the silence of the room with a hesitant tone, "This Hirota Kozaburo...is he trustworthy?"
"Who should I ask this question to? That Hirota just came to my office this morning, how can I know everything about him?" Bo Jing gave Tong Xin, who asked this question, a slightly irritable look.
"We'll attack Ryogoku Hirokoji tonight... This time is too tight..." Nishino, who was sitting opposite Aoto, frowned, "I don't even have time to verify the authenticity of this intelligence...
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"Moreover, the information provided by Hirota Kozaburo was too little."
"Except that the anti-barbarian group may attack Ryogoku Guangxiao Road tonight, I don't know any other information."
When saying this sentence, Nishino specially emphasized the tone of the word "possible".
"We cannot rule out the possibility that Hirota Kozaburo was sent by the anti-barbarian group to deliver false information to us."
"Deliberately gave us false information to trick us into focusing our attention on Guangxiao Road in both countries."
"In fact, their target is not Ryogoku Hirokoji at all, but somewhere else!"
Nishino's remarks made the atmosphere in the room even heavier...
At a time when there is an extreme lack of information and a lack of time to verify the authenticity of the information, the information provided by Kozaburo Hirota... is really hard to believe completely.
Deliberately releasing false intelligence can deceive the enemy and interfere with the enemy's judgment - this is a strategy that has been tried and tested throughout the ages.
"Nishino-kun, how come I don't know what you said?" Susui let out a long sigh, "But I would rather believe that it exists than that it doesn't exist."
"If the anti-barbarian group really attacks Guangxiao Road in Liangguang... we cannot bear the consequences of this!"
"I have reported this matter to the senior middlemen together with Houchuan."
"The senior officers gave us strict orders from the Southern and Northern Divisions: to do everything possible to prevent any atrocities that may be initiated by the anti-barbarian group."
Having said this, Bo Jing let out a long sigh.
"We cannot believe everything... but we cannot completely ignore the information provided by Hirota Kozaburo."
"So, Houchuan and I decided after discussion - we will coordinate with the Nanfan Institute tonight and divide our troops into two groups!"
Bo Jing's face was straight and his voice was raised.
"The 'Three Chapters' of the Nanban Institute are responsible for guarding Ryogoku Hirokoji tonight! Prevent the anti-barbarian group from actually launching an attack on Ryogoku Hirokoji!"
"And our "Sanchai" from the Northern Division are stationed in various places in Edo, responsible for monitoring various areas of Edo, and beware that the 'attack on Ryogoku Hirokoji' is just a tactic deliberately used by the anti-barbarian group to seize the opportunity to attack the east and attack the west!"
After saying that, Bosui picked up a large rolled paper lying beside him, stood up and left his seat, walked quickly to the center of the room, and placed the large rolled paper on the tatami in the center of the room.
shop.
This large rolled up paper turned out to be a map of Edo.
"This is the defense map for tonight that I made in collaboration with you this morning!" Bo Jing said loudly, "On this map, the defense areas that everyone is responsible for tonight are marked!"
People sitting on the left and right sides of the room came closer.
Qingdeng quickly scanned the map and quickly found his name - his name was marked in the northwest corner of the map.
"The content of your mission tonight is quite simple - watch the defense areas you are responsible for! Once you find traces of the anti-barbarian group in the defense areas you are responsible for, report it immediately!"
Having said this, Bo Jing paused for a moment, raised his gaze, and scanned the faces of the people around him.
I saw that most of the people... now looked like they had not yet recovered from their sleep.
It is not difficult to understand that they would show such an appearance.
After all, as of the start of this emergency meeting, they were either on vacation or handling today's work step by step.
Suddenly being told that a very important operation was going to be carried out tonight... Without any corresponding psychological preparation, they all showed uncontrollable expressions of confusion and disbelief.
After seeing the changes in the expressions of his subordinates at this moment, Hakui sighed heavily.
"...I know this mission is sudden and urgent." There was a hint of tiredness in Bo Jing's voice, "But we can only bite the bullet and get on with it."
"The Nanfang Station responsible for guarding Ryogoku Hirokoji tonight has a heavy burden on their shoulders... The burden on our Northern Station's shoulders is also not light."
"If the actual goal of the anti-barbarian group is really somewhere else, and the 'looting Guangxiaolu of Ryogoku' is just fake news deliberately released by the anti-barbarian group to divert our combat power and attention...can we successfully detect it?
Finding the real attack target of the anti-barbarian group depends on whether we, who are responsible for the defense of Edo, can fulfill our duties!"
"If the intelligence we have received so far is all false information, the anti-barbarian group actually has no plan to carry out any operations tonight, or the anti-barbarian group retreated before the battle and found out that our execution office was ready to attack them tonight.
After getting ready, I felt timid and canceled my plans for tonight. It would be best if Edo can be calm tonight."
"But we can't take it for granted. We have to prepare for the worst."
"No matter what these lunatics do, it's not surprising."
Bo Jing raised his solemn gaze.
Say it word for word in a tone that doesn't allow for criticism:
"Tonight, no one is allowed to be absent!"
"And... everyone is ready to fight tonight!"
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That evening——
Whenever there is a big mission or big operation that requires the use of real swords and guns with the enemy, the execution office will distribute life-saving chainmail, handcuffs and other protective equipment to those involved in the operation.
Beifan Station has been set as the general base for tonight's big operation.
At this moment, the "Three Chapters" from the Southern and Northern Divisions gathered in a room in the Northern Division, holding their respective armors.
Noises came and went.
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"The armor is here! Come and get it!"
"Don't crowd! Don't crowd! Get in line for me!"
"Hey, my chainmail seems to be rusty. Give me a new one."
"No need to change, just make do with it."
"How can you make do with a life-saving thing like armor?! Get me a new one quickly!"
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"Oh, is this chain armor? Tsk, tsk, this set of mine is still very new..." Harada looked at the protective gear that had just been distributed to him with curious eyes.
Harada threw up his chainmail and caught it again: "Tsk, it's quite heavy."
"Okay, stop playing around." Aotobu, who was standing next to Harada, urged Harada in a helpless tone not to play around with the precious armor, then turned to look at Saito, Nagakura and others beside him, "Take them all.
Have you arrived at the armor?"
"Yes!" Todo nodded vigorously, "We got them all!"
"Check whether there is any damage to the protective gear in each hand. If there is any damage, replace it immediately."
Qingden said righteously.
"These are life-saving gadgets, so don't be too careless."
"Hmm..." Harada raised his hand and scratched his head, and said with a smile, "Mr. Tachibana, this is the first time I have seen chain mail. What kind of chain mail is considered intact?"
"Mr. Tachibana... this is also the first time I've seen chainmail..." Todo laughed awkwardly.
It's normal not to recognize the chainmail. After all, only the government has such protective gear in stock.
After waving to Harada and Toudo, who didn't know how to tell whether the chain armor was good or bad, and motioning them to come closer, Aoto patiently explained to them how to check whether the chain armor was damaged, and taught them step by step how to put it on.
protective gear.
With Qingto's help, after putting on a series of armor such as chainmail, cage gloves, and leggings, Harada raised his hand and patted his now hard chest.
"Tsk tsk... I finally understand why all the generals in the Warring States Period were able to fight left and right on the battlefield, and they could defeat thousands of people with one horse." Harada smiled naively, "Wearing such hard protective gear, ordinary people
Your sword can't break through the defense at all, but if it were me, I could ride a thousand horses!"
After vigorously moving his shoulders to make sure that the protective gear on his body was not too tight or too loose, Harada turned to Qingnobo expectantly and asked:
"Mr. Tachibana, what is our mission tonight?"
"We are going to monitor the anti-barbarian group in the area we are responsible for tonight..."
Qingto's explanation had just begun when Harada frowned and raised his hand to support his head: "Forget it, Mr. Tachibana, please stop talking."
"I don't like to use my brain. These complicated tasks make my head spin."
"Anyway, just follow you and follow your orders!"
After saying that, Harada raised his spear, his face full of excitement and anticipation.
"Haha! I didn't expect that I would be able to participate in such a big mission just after I joined you today!"
"Mr. Tachibana, when will we officially start the mission? I can't wait!"
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In the blink of an eye, I am already 23 years old. How fast.
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As early as yesterday, the author was celebrating his birthday with his friends, so today's updates will be less. I probably don't have much time to write today, so there will probably be no updates tomorrow.
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This chapter has been completed!